New Orleans police are looking for a man who they said was caught on surveillance video stealing items from a business this week.

Investigators said the man entered a business in the 4300 block of Canal Street and asked if he could charge his cellphone. Surveillance video shows the man taking the cashier's wallet and cellphone from behind the counter, police said.

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The man fled east on North Hennessey Street.

Anyone with information should call Detective LaShawn Johnson at 504-658-6166 or anonymously to CrimeStoppers at 504-822-1111.